We meet to part and part to meet The parting’s mostly bittersweet When one is absent from our space It leaves a hole one can’t replace When loved ones are called away To new horizons and can’t stay In the familiar anymore to remain We still miss them dearly clear and plain But there can be no regrets And we will nevermore forget The blessed tie that binds us still While they seek their calling to fulfill. Whether absent from the body Or absent from this place The tie that binds us transcends time and space. The ties that bond us are the stuff of grace. I want to go there, where we shall never part A place where new beginnings find their start Where memories and sweet endings dwell Together they say “All is well!” I want to go there to those places in the heart… We meet to part and part to meet The parting’s mostly bittersweet We miss what never mattered much When one is absent from our touch But there can be no regrets And we will nevermore forget The blessed tie that ...
Mary Ellen Vallonia Robards Ridgway, C. W., Mary Jane and Maggie Nora ca. 1870 The Bullitt County News March 8, 1907 BN The Children’s Corner My First School I was the oldest in a family of seven children, and after I began to arrive at the age of six years, it was a question of some importance as to how I was to be sent to school; we lived 1 ½ miles from the school house and no children came our way, so some plan had to be devised for me to have company. Now I had a cousin Joe who was a large boy and a fine manly fellow. So my Papa proposed to board him if he would go to school from our house and he let me go with him. He gladly accepted the offer. So the time came to go. I had looked forward to the time with a great deal of pleasure until the time actually came, and I began to feel curious about leaving home. I remember my Mama had fixed us a good dinner in a little new split basket. Fried pies, eggs, lean meat, preserves, etc., which was a great induce...
Lord raise in me a deep cherishing Things of the gospel of Your good grace Of the great and holy, central things Treasures that take the highest place The holiness of our Great God, The utter ugliness of sin, The hopeless helplessness of man, And the deep depravity we`re in. These are the truths that we would learn The glories we embrace So we`ll pursue our prime concern Treasures that take the highest place The all-sufficient death of Christ, That justifies by faith alone, The sanctifying work of the Spirit, The one sacrifice that atones The glory of Christ’s return, And the final judgment day The inheritance for which we yearn In Your presence e`er to stay! These are the truths that we would learn The glories we embrace So we`ll pursue our prime concern Treasures that take the highest place Anthony Foster December 10, 2018
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